Odessa Battle Rages as Red Army Seizes Key Routes
Moscow dispatches report heavy Soviet pushes into Odessa suburbs with Malinovsky leading cavalry and tanks from three directions. Axis defenses allegedly collapsed under encirclement near Razdelnaya and Strassburg as Germans and Rumanians face siege while escape routes to Romania shrink.
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Odessa
Malinovsky
Ligei
Black Sea
Polspur
Rumania
Ovidepel
Akkerman
Romania
Razdelnaya
Strassburg
Tiraspol
Dniester
Red Army
Odeaga
Kuialnitzki
Kubanka
Avenye
Gress
Skala
Tartopol
Russia
Pre Grala
Etreel Atier Etor
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Tutslenny
Fidy Glimore
Associated Press
Gilmore
Kovel
Lwow
Foland
Russkit Sonmuniques
Ace Flier Cautious Toward 26th Jap Aircraft
Ace Richard Ira Bong of Poplar Wisconsin, Fifth Air Force, nears his 26th enemy plane as he chases the World War II record held by Eddie Rickenbacker. He recalls near misses and losses of peers while praising his own cautious approach and skill.
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New Gaines
Richard Ira Bony
Fifth
Airforce
Reading
Poplar
Wis
Eddie Rickenbacker
Joe Foss
Maj
Gregory “Pappy
Boyington
Bong
MacArthur Likely To Retain Post In Southwest Pacific
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific report general MacArthur is expected to retain full direction of offensives in the region regardless of any future status changes in the South Pacific. Halsey may be relieved but MacArthur’s control of operations and long range plans will stay intact, with South Pacific forces already integrated under his command.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Digeinstite Py
South Pacific
Halsey
Nand
Ths
New Georgia
Mace Arihuycé
Sansa
South
West Pacific
Admiralty Islands
New Guinea
Dewey's Strength Grows in Race for Nomination
Washington April 6 Despite Willkie quitting the Republican contest Dewey gains on the path to the nomination with 142 convention delegates pledged. McKeldin forecasts full support from Maryland while Dewey weighs if he should accept a party nomination without strings as Willkie eyes a possible shift or return.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wendell J. Willkie
Wisconsin
Dewey
Philadelphia
Willkie
Albany
Baltimoré
Theodore R.’ McKeldin
McKeldin
Maryland
Lieut. Comrur
Harold E. Stassen
General MacArthur
John W. ‘ Sbricker
Ohio
Wilkie
Stassen
Democratic Party
157 Nazis Shot Down Over Steyr
Allied headquarters Naples reports that U S 18th Air Force pilots and gunners shot down 157 German planes in Sundays raid on Steyr Austria and Fortress Gunner Sgt Rudy Gonzalez of San Antonio is among those credited for victories The total enemy planes downed was the biggest bag yet Further air war details on Page 10 A
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Allied Headquar.ers
Naples
U. S. 18Th Air Force
Steyr
Austria
Fortress
Rudy Gonzalez
San Antonio
Mediterranean
Mra
Mary Eberhardt
Eberhardt
Allied
Ploesti
Rumania
Germany
Aled
Nis
Leskovac
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Fourth Bus Crash Victim Dies In Week
The fourth victim of this week's bus crash died early Thursday at 4 30 a.m. at a local hospital. Sergeant Eberhardt, 31 years with the Army and active in Post 1363 FPW, was killed when his car collided with a bus turning into his driveway. His family and mourners are noted as among the casualties, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Transit
Tech
Williamberhardt
U.S. A
Eberhardt
Miliary Drive
South
Lille May Eberhardt
Bautan Leach
Army
Department of Texas
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast shows partly cloudy conditions in San Antonio and surrounding area. Thursday afternoon and night expect warmth with Friday even warmer, moderate to fresh winds, and a low around 62 degrees.
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San Antonio
Texas
Observance of Army Day Quiet Observance
Washington observes Army Day with parades and posts omitted as the nation remembers World War I. Congress set the day in the late 1920s to honor the army while the force deploys across the world. The army aims for 7.76 million manpower with 7.5 million reached early this year and a scramble to fill the last thousands.
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Washington
Congress
America
Aroun World
Suburb Ousting Half-Chinese Family Sparks Eviction Fight
Mrs. Joseph Belt, repatriated refugee mother of 16, cites shock at eviction attempts from Blackstone Park subdivision in Retrofit. Home Owners Association relies on a clause banning occupancy by non pure white individuals. Bell family details include wartime repatriation and relatives in prison camps. association president defends removal efforts despite implied unpatriotic perception.
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Detroit
INS
Joseph G. Belt
Blackstone Park
Blackstone Park Home Owners Association
Hel
Hner
Gripsholm
Shengnal
U, & Kenny
America
Mrs. Bell
May 1 Rat Cleanup Set in San Antonio
City health director Dy. Lewis C. Robbins backed by council passage of a third reading enacted a rat cleanup ordinance modeled on Houston. It empowers health and police to compel owners to clear and ratproof premises, with May 1 effective date after 10 days publication. Alfred Calaghan hinted at forming annexed areas into special improvement districts after planning board finalizes parcel timing. Henry Hein praised hiring 11 women garbage collectors. Rodgers and Stewart, Incorporated received 7504.78 for asphalt on three streets. bid for concrete paving on Jon Chory Street accepted at 754.
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Lewis C. Robbins
Revis
Tty Council
Houston
Alfred Calaghan
City Jlanning
Henry Hein
Rodgers and Stewart, Incorporated
Jon Chory
Downed Pilot Escapes From Rabaul After Six Days
Near Rabaul airfield Second Lieut. G Moris was shot down February 14 during a bomber escort mission. He crawled through jungle for six days, recovered by his squadron after drifting in a rubber boat to the coast. He sustained a sprained wrist and partial vision in one eye but remained alert, recounting his daring escape and survival. The report notes his parents at Portland Ore. and his first tour duty as a fighter pilot.
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Kearby Wao
Lynch
Bong
Salamata
New Guinea
Australia
Marpe
Sougairville
Ede-Jarer
Lin
Smok
G. Mortis
Hyer
Zero
Moris
Rabaul
Dans
Supervision Ordinance Ordered for Bus Drivers
Police Commissioner P L Anderson moved to draft an ordinance to place transit drivers under police supervision and taxicab inspector regulation after four deaths in a week. He blamed schedules and driver pressure for violations and urged action, while Transit officials defended training, safety measures, and disciplinary practices.
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P. L. Anderson
Anderson
Poliee
Tim
City Mill
Guy
Tommy Dobbs
Anderton
San Antonio
Doss
Halden
Haleden
Negro Vote Rehearing Suit Planned
Houston April 6 Former Governor Dan Moody of Austin and Wright Morrow of Houston will move for rehearing in the Texas Supreme Court for the Democratic executive committee in the ruling that Negroes can vote in Texas primaries. George AL Butler, committee chairman, announced today.
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Houston
Dan Moody
Austin
Wright Morrow
Supreme Court
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Atic Priromr Fes
Chaiman George AL Butler
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Beulah Leach
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Ystabbul
Italy
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Ploesteil
Slessor
Danube
Galleferro
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Terracina
Formia
Fifth Army
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Gallway
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